04161nam a22004094u 450000100220000000300060002200500170002800700150004500800410006002000300010102400310013104100080016210000260017024501480019625000060034426000160035026400160036630000120038233600260039433700260042033800360044634700210048234700080050352025130051165000320302465000200305665000230307665302080309970000310330770000260333870000260336477600360339085600640342685601020349085601420359299900170373410.1002/9783527840915Wiley20251030120318.0cr nn 008mam|a231027t2024||||xxu    fs|   |0|| 0|eng||  a9783527840915qelectronic7 a10.1002/97835278409152doi  aeng1 aZhang, Li4aut97129410aUntethered Miniature Soft RobotsbMaterials, Fabrications, and Applicationsh[electronic resource]cLi Zhang, Jiachen Zhang, Neng Xia, Yue Dong  a1  bWileyc2024 1bWileyc2024  a256pp.;  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext file2rdaft  bPDF  aUntethered Miniature Soft Robots Reference on achieving contactless manipulation of soft robots, detailing high level concepts and perspectives and technical skills of soft robots Untethered Miniature Soft Robots: Materials, Fabrications, and Applications introduces the emerging field of miniature soft robots and summarizes the recent rapid development in the field to date, describing different types of functional materials to build miniature soft robots, such as silicone elastomer, carbon-based materials, hydrogels, liquid crystal polymer, flexible ferrofluid, and liquid metal, and covering the material properties, fabrication strategies, and functionalities in soft robots together with their underlying mechanisms. The book discusses magnetically, thermally, optically, and chemically actuated soft robots in depth, explores the many specific applications of miniature soft robots in biomedical, environmental, and electrical fields and summarizes the development of miniature soft robots based on soft matter, fabrication strategies, locomotion principles, sensing and actuation mechanisms. In closing, the text summarizes the opportunities and challenges faced by miniature soft robots, providing expert insight into the possible futures of this field. Written by four highly qualified academics, Untethered Miniature Soft Robots covers sample topics such as: Soft elastomer-based robots with programmable magnetization profiles and untethered soft robots based on template-aiding Working mechanisms of carbon-based materials, covering light-induced expansion and shrinkage, and humidity-induced deformation Designing microscale building blocks, modular assembly of building blocks based on Denavit-Hartenberg (DH) matrix, and inverse and forward design of modular morphing systems Material designs of magnetic liquid crystal elastomers (LCE) systems, multiple-stimuli responsiveness of magnetic LCE systems, and adaptive locomotion of magnetic LCE-based robots Controllable deformation and motion behaviors, as well as applications of ferrofluids droplet robots (FDRs), including cargo capturing, object sorting, liquid pumping/mixing, and liquid skin. Providing highly detailed and up-to-date coverage of the topic, Untethered Miniature Soft Robots serves as an invaluable and highly comprehensive reference for researchers working in this promising field across a variety of disciplines, including materials scientists, mechanical and electronics engineers, polymer chemists, and biochemists. 4aElectronic Materials967191 4aRobotics959148 4aBiopolymers96776000aminiature robotics; soft robotics; smart materials; soft matter; microfabrication; robot locomotion; micro actuators; robotic engineering; intelligent electronics; smart grippers; biomedical applications1 aZhang, Jiachen4aut9921421 aXia, Neng4aut9921431 aDong, Yue4aut99214408iPrinted edition:z978352735177040uhttps://doi.org/10.1002/9783527840915aWiley Online Library40uhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/showBook?doi=10.1002%2F9783527840915aWiley Online Library423Cover Imageuhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/26dae37e-5005-40c1-92eb-65d3eed3ec11/9783527840915.cover.gifaWiley Online Library  c67236d67236